Nikhil Kulkarni

• 15+ years of experience as a PMO lead, Project, and Program Manager
• Large scale business and technology transformation programs
• Cloud based SaaS systems such as TaxSys, PeopleSoft and Cognos

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

11/2016 – 2/2021 – Senior Project Manager with 21Tech @ multiple clients

Successfully managed a 20 Million dollars implementation of a cloud-based SaaS solution “TaxSys”, to manage the Property Taxes for the City of San Francisco (CCSF TTX). It was implemented in 18 months with a team size in upwards of 40 resources. Going from mainframe to cloud was a significant change for the City stakeholders. It involved data conversions of more than 100 data sources and interfacing with more than 60 different systems, vendors, and applications. As a program manager:

• Developed a clear program roadmap by clearly articulating RFP/RFI/SOW, Project Charters, Timeline, Milestones, Project Plan, Integration Maps, Data Migration plans
• Worked with product owners to align product backlog and sprint backlog for the program aligning product vision with program goals, objectives, and timelines
• Developed and managed program threats by addressing Risk, Assumption, Issues and Dependencies (RAID); Developed and managed sprint backlogs and product increment logs
• Facilitated program retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities; Evangelized and integrated desired changes to enable continuous improvement
• Actively coached Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Delivery teams in order to promote successful adoption of agile practices. Performed key management roles as needed to ensure the success of program delivery efforts
• Partnered with Product Owners, Product Development teams to execute and deliver programs
• Developed and implemented program KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and DOD (Definitions of Done) for Scope, Schedule, Budget, and Resources to ensure strategic objectives are met
• Implemented full-service PMO with Program governance, RACI, Risk, Issue and Change control management, quality, communication, staffing, and stakeholder management
• Budgeting and executive status and financial reporting for Program Management, Executive steering committee, and Program sponsor
• Successfully drove the integration and adoption of agile delivery practices across delivery teams
• Program execution, monitoring and control with Agile and Waterfall methodology with PPM tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Lucid, Slack, Smart Sheet, MS Projects, SharePoint, and Visio
• Program portfolio review, prioritization, and optimization
• Managed Organizational Change Management (OCM) activities including training and coaching of the existing users and third-party counterparts

04/2016 – 9/2016 – Senior Project Manager with HCL @ Google Inc. - Sunnyvale, CA

Successfully implemented shared services PMO for the Supply Chain Customer Support (SCCS) team at Google. Strategic objective was to relieve the program managers from the monotonous PMO activities by developing a shared service center to deliver PMO services for a group of 9 program managers. On this project:

• Implemented a set of 12 different PMO processes such as manage meetings, create project charters, manage risks, issues, and action items, develop project websites, etc.
• Delivered PMO services to the program managers on an on-demand basis
• Managed a team of 4 PMO analysts to successfully deliver these services
• Continuous improvement, Scrum of scrums

06/2013 – 12/2015 – Senior – Program Management with Ernst and Young LLP – San Jose, CA

Successfully managed multiple business and technology transformations as a Project Manager. Worked with client and vendor leaderships, subject matter experts (SMEs) and business and technology stakeholders to develop roadmaps and timelines. As a project manager and PMO lead:

• Developed project charters by defining program objectives, assumptions, constraints, milestones, financial estimates/forecasts, and program inter-dependencies

• Developed project plans using agile and waterfall methodology
• Develop document repositories, risk/issue/change logs, status reports and dashboards for consumption by different levels in the project organization
• Managed implementation of PLM application, Planisware, for one of the Detroit big 3
• DMAIC, ADKAR methodologies

09/2008 – 06/2013 – Project Manager with SOAIS Inc

• Managed implementation and upgrade of PeopleSoft modules such as HRMS, Benefits, Time and Labor, Stock and pension administration and Payroll for NA
• Managed implementation of Cognos data warehouse for data in PeopleSoft HCM, Cat Production System and Kronos systems

10/2000 – 08/2008 – Sr. Software Engineer, Consultant for PeopleSoft HRMS and Financial systems

Multiple engagements as a PeopleSoft techno functional consultant. Worked as a Technical developer for PeopleSoft CRM and financials: AP, AR, GL and Asset Management

EDUCATION

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
• Master of Science (MS) - Software Systems - Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) – March 2016
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation Certificate 2011
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Dec 2005-Dec 2009 (#313052)

LINKS

1. Nikhil Kulkarni Portfolio
2. LinkedIn Profile